Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The teacher and emotion -- What is emotional literacy? -- The Neanderthal in the classroom -- Progression and emotional awareness -- Fight or flight -- Recognizing your own emotions -- Dealing with sensitive issues -- Emotion in the staffroom -- Laughter: the best medicine -- Emotion: a different kind of intelligence -- Emotional ambivalence -- Chapter 2 The brain and emotion -- Locating emotion -- Teachers thinking about emotion -- We feel therefore we learn -- Emotion and decision making -- When our emotions take the lead -- Fooling the brain -- Chapter 3 Communicating -- Communicating our feelings -- Non-verbal communication -- Emotional vocabulary -- The manipulating of emotions -- Metaphors and stories -- Emotional language: how are you feeling? -- Emotion coaching: engaging or dismissive -- Listening -- Chapter 4 Emotion and learning -- Motivation: hooks and WIIFM -- Emotion and transition -- Getting the right emotional climate in the classroom -- Emotional communities of learning -- Philosophy for children -- SEAL -- ECM -- Chapter 5 Self-awareness -- Self esteem, concept and efficacy -- Who am I? -- Friends and friendships -- Dealing with setbacks -- Boys and emotional literacy -- Pupil voice -- Motivation -- Values: from narcissism to altruism -- Walking the talk: sustainability -- Anchors away . . . -- Deferring gratification -- Cultures and subcultures -- Getting ready for examinations -- Chapter 6 Emotional knowledge -- Emotional intelligence -- Creativity and emotion -- Phobias -- Pedagogy of discomfort -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Further reading.